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- Opinion · May 12, 2009Fearing Our Government
resistant prisons of their ideological minds, which will yield no environmental benefit but will cause irreparable economic harm. It has passed constitutionally repugnant and morally odious legislation, carving … even express political dissent, the nation we’ve known as a bastion of individual liberty will be no more. President Obama, in classic misdirection, has proclaimed that he will
- Opinion · May 7, 2009Britain’s Ban On American Radio Host Is An Outrage
Savage’s syndicated show. I hope listening to “The Savage Nation” doesn’t cause Britain to add me to its list of nefarious characters! But I’ll run that risk … alone in this opinion. Even prominent members of the American Civil Liberties Union bemoan the situation. They compare Britain’s action with our own Patriot Act, under which the ACLU
- Opinion · May 6, 2009The Selective Transparency of Barack Obama
interesting response to my Freedom of Information Act requests. After the bizarre mission caused distress and panic among countless New York City residents who were intentionally left in the dark … troops arriving back on American soil. And at the behest of the American Civil Liberties Union, his administration is set to release at least 21 classified photographs
- Opinion · Apr 30, 2009Muslims: ‘We Do That on First Dates’
implements were made by Fisher-Price. As the memo darkly notes, walling doesn’t cause any pain, but is supposed to induce terror by making a “loud noise … View” -- CIA interrogators had another sadistic trick up their sleeves. I am not at liberty to divulge the details, except to mention the procedure’s terror-inducing name: “the ladybug
- Opinion · Apr 29, 2009Step Away From the Vehicle
flying helicopters; that police may use dogs to inspect luggage and cars without probable cause; and that government employees and public school students may be subjected to random drug testing … Antonin Scalia, two justices who are often unfairly portrayed as hostile to civil liberties. In fact, Scalia wrote a concurrence that was less generous to the police than the majority
- Alexander's Column · Apr 17, 2009Those Radical Right-Wing Patriots
political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external … strategic commitment every Patriot and every grassroots movement ought to adopt. With a strategic cause of “restoring constitutional primacy and integrity,” we could then stage tea parties to ask, “What
- Alexander's Column · Apr 9, 2009Resurrection Observance 2009: Real Hope
excerpts from his voluminous journals. Jac taught me some important things about “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” but the greatest lesson was how to see God’s face … engaged to be married, but says one of the few things that really causes him heartache is that he will not be able to “go out in the yard
- Opinion · Apr 1, 2009‘Liberty and Tyranny’ Reviewed
material reversal, such as in 1929 and now, the enemies of individual freedom and liberty offer up some substitute for it that goes by many names but ultimately devolves toward … thrived in America is a cause for thanksgiving and celebration. That we are losing it should be a spur to rise to its defense. “Liberty and Tyranny” is precisely such
- Opinion · Mar 31, 2009Obama’s War, or Ours?
things go badly in Afghanistan, President Obama will be blamed and it will cause him political damage. But if things go well, who will get the credit … presidents, this one or the one before. It will be a victory for liberty -- for the Afghan people and for America. With the presidential campaign long over, President Obama sounded
- Opinion · Mar 24, 2009Beltway Arrogance and Blind Faith
though our policies will place greater burdens on the economy, retard economic growth, and cause the debt and deficits to further explode, we’ll end up with a surplus anyway … precipice of our national financial destruction, I refer you again to Mark Levin’s “Liberty and Tyranny,” in which he dissects the statist’s unshakable drive to expand government
- Opinion · Mar 17, 2009Calling on Democratic Capitalists
exploding national debt? Is there anything Obama could say or do that would cause them to break ranks in defense of the capitalistic system to which they claim allegiance? With … managed capitalism,” it is a formula for ending America’s unique prosperity and liberty, as there exists an inextricable connection between economic liberty and political liberty. Never in our history
- Opinion · Mar 13, 2009The Gitmo Five’s Burn Notice
ideology. It isn’t a war. It isn’t a sacred cause. The Guantanamo Five aren’t gangsters, and they aren’t criminals. Criminals usually kill people to get cash … Jerrold Nadler is the chairman of the House Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee. The hole where the World Trade Center used to be is in his district
- Opinion · Mar 12, 2009Now Obama Tells Us?
Daschle, Eric Holder, Bill Richardson and Hilda Solis. “On matters of protecting civil liberties, I assure the American people that I have examined the Patriot Act, the FISA accords … Assad of Syria and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran without preconditions. And to further the cause of peace in the Middle East, the United States will pledge almost $1 billion
- Opinion · Mar 11, 2009John Yoo’s Evasive Military Manuevers
period when many people feared more terrorist attacks were in the offing. Yet civil liberties do not mean much if they are abandoned whenever the government thinks … enemy personnel or ‘search’ enemy quarters, papers and messages without having to show ‘probable cause’ to a neutral magistrate, and even without having to demonstrate that their actions were constitutionally
- Alexander's Column · Mar 6, 2009The Primacy of Free Enterprise over Socialism
most assuredly, that transformation will be dire. So, what will work? Economic liberty, which has always been self-regulating -- free enterprise coupled with limited taxation and regulation, as outlined below … Adam Smith, who is most noted for authoring “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.” Smith wrote, “In a market free from monopolies and self
- Opinion · Feb 22, 2009The Lost Holiday: Quick, Whose Birthday Is This?
everything he has--life, fortune, sacred honor--when he chooses to join the patriot cause. A general without an army, he proceeds to raise one, and goes on to defeat … else could have supplied. Once again Washington had led us to independence -- to liberty and order. Ending the murk of President’s Day and celebrating this day as Washington
- Opinion · Feb 13, 2009The Worst of All Worlds
worked to stimulate the economy beyond the president’s wildest expectations, it would cause a further explosion of the national debt, which would become a worse “catastrophe” than … economic recovery; greater government control over the economy, with a consequent diminution of our liberties; and a necessary reduction of essential government services. Frankly, I think it’s just about
- Alexander's Column · Feb 13, 2009Lincoln’s Legacy at 200
between Lincoln and George Washington . While Presidents Washington and Reagan were advocates of American Liberty and Rule of Law , Lincoln was and Obama is an advocate of rule … victory in the bloody War Between the States -- “to do more to help the cause.” And “the cause,” preserving the union, would be lost if Lincoln could not both undermine
- Opinion · Feb 12, 2009The Key To It All
constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. ... Neither party expected for the war the magnitude, or the duration, which … unmatched study of “Democracy in America,” is to find the right balance between liberty and equality. In his Second Inaugural, Abraham Lincoln did not choose one value or the other
- Opinion · Feb 4, 2009Finding the Moderate Muslims
Bush’s ignorance of our enemies -- his presumption that Western Muslims are westernized Muslims -- caused him to ignore the search for true moderate Muslims in favor of convenient front groups … Muslim community, he must find those who share Americans’ love for liberty and freedom, who believe in an open society of religious pluralism. He can start by denouncing CAIR